Invisible Girl A Novel

Boring as hell.... i did not like it. Maybe because I had high expectations but well. It didn't live up to it. I'm already 60% of the book and I still don't understand what is supposed to be happening lol

Lovely narrators with English accents. This book storytelling is where there is an incident and the chapters bounce back & forth btwn before and after the incident. All eluding to the incident but never fully explaining what happened until the end. My only complaint is that the audio book doesn't tell you when the chapter is "before" or "after", although it was easier to understand since the before was mainly one particular narrator.

Kind of boring but still enjoyable for people who would like to read about creepy people

This book was absolutely dreadful to read. Such a shame because I think the overall plot was unique but it was just poorly thought out in its pacing. Painfully slow and way too much “mystery” around something that was fairly simple and could have been explained in a few chapters. I had to force myself to finish this book and could only get through about two chapters or so a night before I got bored. I usually love Lisa Jewell but my last two reads (this and The Family Remains) have been a major letdown.

This was a hood thriller, but unfortunately that’s all it was. Although it wasn’t super obvious how this mystery would play out, it unfortunately didn’t really keep me on the edge of my seat either...

Owen's life is spiraling downward - in his 30's, living with his aunt & is acccused of sexual misconduct. Across the street from Owen lives The Fours family; Cate (physiotherapist), Roan (child psychologist) & their two children. Saffyre Mattox was a patient of Roan for 3 years - struggling to get through her hurtful past. How do these characters all come together? Remember, it's a small world and everyone is connected somehow... Unpopular opinion - This was not my favorite; slow start and slow burn throughout. It did make me want to keep reading but wasn't as suspenseful as her books in the past. Told from the POV of Owen, Saffyre and Cate. Overall, good book - once the plot got moving, there was no turning back.

intriguing, but ending was not as shocking as i hoped it would be

Lisa Jewell is a fantastic writer and I can't wait to read more of her books. This fast paced thriller it's so easy to read, but at the same time keeps you guessing what will be the outcome of it all. When I thought that I had figured it out there was a completely unexpected twist and the story ended not the way we're lead to believe at first. It's simply brilliant! If you like thrillers you'll love this one for sure.

for sure one of the best thrillers i have ever read. i didn’t want to put the book down. the entire time i was trying to figure out who did it and was completely surprised in the end. 100% recommended!

i was expecting this to be better

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This thriller explores trauma, grief, and how impossible it is to know the people next door.

Not as good as "The Night She Disappeared" but another well-written page-turner that somewhat leaves you guessing a lot.

Fun & interesting read, didn’t love the “twist” but kept me entertained

An absolute amazing book, I loved every minute of it

This was my first book by Lisa Jewell. The characters in the story are fully fleshed out, multi-dimensional and interesting, however, it did not hold me hostage - I could put it down and not feel the need to rush back into the story. That is always my ultimate goal - to find a real page turner. But it was very interesting and she is definitely an excellent writer. There are several plots involving therapy and a sexual predator and family dramas. I would read more by this author.

3 stars is “meh” for me. Nothing special. It hasn’t taken me this long to get through a book in a very long time.

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell 1/1/21 3.5/5 Something happened to Saffyre Maddox when she was 10 years old, that had caused her to self harm and seek professional health. After 3 years of therapy with Roan Fours he has decided to end the therapy sessions as he thinks she is healed. But Saffyre is far from healed and thus starts a unhealthy obsession of following Roan and stalking his family. In present time Saffyre has gone missing and we are introduced to Cat, Roan’s wife who suspects him of having an affair. And Owen, the loner, the outcast, the guy who gives off strange vibes and makes you cross the street to avoid walking past him when you’re alone. And who is being accused of Saffyre’s disappearance. This book was very dark and twisted, it definitely opens up about who to trust and who you can’t trust. As I wasn’t completely shocked by this thriller I’ll give it less than four stars, but as it was fast paced and pretty interesting it needs more than 3 stars.

This year my reading levels have been up and down, and what I was once excited by is no longer a sure-fire read for me. I was so relieved to see the Lisa Jewell readability factor is still intact! Invisible Girl is a dark, absorbing mystery with enough family drama for several books. Invisible Girl focuses on three people-Cate, Saffyre, and Owen- who would at a glance seem to have next-to-nothing in common (but this is a Lisa Jewell book, so we know better). Saffyre is a teenager who begins to spy on her former therapist and his family, including his wife Cate. Owen is Cate's lonely and embittered neighbor, who is reeling from a creep allegations from his university job and getting involved in the incel community. I had never heard of the involuntary celibate community of men that are angry at women for not desiring them, but Owen's actions and the causes sounded like what I would expect from men who hate women. Owen's story an interesting contrast to Saffyre, a young woman who's life has been completely altered by a traumatic experience as child. I still think she's a child in this story, so we'll say a younger child. Cate is afraid of her creepy neighbor Owen, and is determined to keep her family together at whatever cost it means she has to pay personally. She may have been the most frustrating character to me in the book. Saffyre is a kid, Owen's a dysfunctional adult, but Cate as the wife who refuses to make waves is a lot. Lisa Jewell has a real ability to create people that you don't necessarily like but still have to know what happens to them. She sets up a mystery and lets us peek into several lives that are full of secrets, resentments, and emotional scars. I'd say it's a fast read, but this year has taught me that people are reading in whatever way they can at the best they can. Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for the ARC! Shout out to Lisa Jewell, who always delivers to me a must-read.

3.5

3.5 rounded up for not having an unpredictable ending that doesn’t relate to the rest of the mystery.

I'm a long time fan of Lisa Jewell and actually preordered this. It's probably one of my favorites by her. I loved the writing and the characters were all so interesting.

I’m so disappointed but I really didn’t like this one at all and had so many issues with it. First off I hated Cate; she was so judgemental and just a really shitty person that I hated reading about. I dislike the fact that one of the narrators was an unreliable one, I felt like the writing was all over the place and I felt the ‘twists’ were pretty lacklustre and underwhelming.

3.5* Really satisfying ending, but had some frustrating portions in the middle.

This is not my favorite Lisa Jewell book but I did still enjoy it. I took a good minute for me to figure out what was happening, but once I had it sorted I did get into a groove with it. Some good red herrings but I did have an idea of the twist before it happened. Thanks to NetGalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.